Roll receiving trough



April 1953 H. H. CASSEL ETAL 3,086,659

ROLL RECEIVING TROUGH 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Sept. 21, 1960 FIG I 1&1,

INVENTORS HARRISON H. CASSEL BY MICHAEL TURNICKY 12 M ATTO RN EY April 23, 1963 H. H. CASSEL ETAL 3,086,659

ROLL RECEIVING TROUGH 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed Sept. 21, 1960 INVENTORS HARRISON H. CASSEL MICHAEL TURNICKY ATTORNEY April 1963 H. H. CASSEL ETAL 3,086,659

ROLL RECEIVING TRQUGH 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed Sept. 21, 1960 5a- I; i

36 62 e0 24 5 6O 49 56 6 E49)!- I 54 50 44 33 IN V EN TORS HARRISON H. CASSEL MICHAEL TURNICKY ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,086,659 RGLL RECEIVING TROUGH Harrison H. Cassel, kippaek, and Michael Turnicky,

Chalfont, Pm, assignors to The Allen Iron 4?; Steel Company, Norristown, Pa, a corporation of Pennsylvania Filed Sept. 21, 1960, Ser. No. 57,486 2 Claims. (Cl. 211-153) This invention relates to apparatus for storing rolls of carpet, or the like.

One object of the invention is to produce an improved apparatus of the type set forth.

In one roll storing apparatus of which we are aware, the rolls to be stored are placed on superimposed, vertically spaced, decks formed of boards with the rolls disposed longitudinally of the boards and with the boards spaced apart to permit overhead sprinkler water to flow between the rolls on an upper deck to the deck therebelow.

In order to accommodate rolls of the most common sizes, the boards referred to range from about 1" X to about 2" x 12", the lengths of the boards varying with the lengths of the rolls to be stored. Rough boards of these dimensions are expensive enough, but in order to prevent snagging of the rolls, all of the surfaces of the boards have to be sanded to a smooth finish and, to facilitate movement of the rolls of carpet onto the boards, as in the case of rolls stored between decks, the end edges had to be bull-nosed, or rounded, all of which further increased the cost of the boards.

Even though the roll receiving boards were spaced apart to permit overhead sprinkler water to flow downwardly between the rolls on the various decks, the fact remains that the wooden roll receiving boards constitute a serious fire hazard.

In another form of roll storing apparatus of which we are also aware, the rolls are placed on solid sheets of plywood, masonite, or the like, which are secured to the decks. Such solid sheets do not permit overhead sprinkler water to flow from an upper to a lower deck and thus aggravate the fire hazard. If the solid sheets are spaced apart to permit overhead sprinkler water to cascade through a number of superimposed decks, and especially if the boards are spaced transversely of the rolls, the edges of the sheets, though rounded, will crease, or at least mark, the rolls. Furthermore, to support the weight of a heavy roll, such as a roll long and 2 in diameter, the sheets referred to have to be thick and, hence, expensive.

It is therefore a further object of the invention to produce an improved roll storing apparatus which is fireproof, and the cost of which compares favorably with the cost of a corresponding apparatus of either of the conventional types referred to.

According to this invention, the superimposed wooden decks are replaced with elongated, dished, roll-receiving members which are made of metal and which are hereinafter referred to as troughs.

The full nature of the invention will be understood from the following specification and the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a multideck roll storing apparatus equipped with roll-receiving troughs embodying the invention.

FIG. 2 is a fragmentary side elevational View of the apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged, fragmentary perspective view showing details of construction.

FIGS. 4 to 7 inclusive are perspective views showing the steps involved in making the roll-receiving troughs embodying this invention.

FIG. 8 is a fragmentary front elevational view of a preferred form of machine for imparting the final shape The structure of the frame work which supports the superimposed decks forms no part of this invention and will not be described in detail. For the purpose of this disclosure, it is suflicient to say that the frame work referred to is constructed of end and intermediate upright members 14 and 16 and of horizontal end and intermediate beams 18 and 20; that these members may be made of any metal and of any shape, which will provide optimum strength, and that the vertical uprights and horizontal beams co-act to produce a number of superimposed decks or tiers, A, B, C, etc.

The roll-receiving troughs of this invention, which replace the wooden boards and solid sheets above described, may be made by hand, but they are preferably made according to the method shown in FIGS. 4 to 12 and are secured to the supporting framework in the manner shown in FIG. 3, or in any other suitable manner.

The first step in making a roll-receiving trough embodying this invention is to cut a blank 24, such as that shown in FIG. 4. The width and length of the blank vary according to length and diameter of the roll to be supported thereby and it may be made of hot rolled steel, or of any other metallic, or synthetic, material which is fireproof and which can be formed, or deformed, into the desired shape.

The second step is to cut out the corners of the blank to produce'opposite tabs 26 which project beyond edges 28 of the blank and which are hereinafter further referred to.

The third step in making the roll-receiving trough is to deform the blank into the transversely arcuate shape shown in FIG. 5 to provide a concavity suificient to receive a roll 32, of carpet, or of other material. The radius on which the blank is deformed varies with the diameter of the roll and for the most common uses, deforming the blank on a 16" radius produces troughs which can accommodate a wide range of rolls of varying diameters.

The fourth step in making the blank is to bend the opposite longitudinal marginal portions of the blank in wardly to form horizontal Walls 34, and then to bend the marginal portions of the blank and of tabs 26 downwardly, along lines 38 and 35, to form vertical walls 33 and flanges 40, which are best shown in FIGS. 3 and 11. Walls 33 and 34 co-act to produce a channel which rests on horizontal beams 18 and 20.

The operations thus far described may be carried out by hand, or by means of stamping machines and brakes, or by means of any other well-known and available sheet metal working machinery.

The last step in making the roll-receiving troughs con sists in bending opposite tabs 26 downwardly, to form pendent aprons 36. This operation, too, can be carried out by hand, or by more than one type of sheet metal working machinery. But, according to the preferred method of this invention, this operation is carried out in a conventional press which is equipped with a die which is diagrammatically shown in FIGS. 8 to 12.

The die referred to includes a stationary, lower, arcuate jaw '44 which is carried by the bed of the machine, and an upper, complementary, movable jaw 46 which is carried by the ram 48 of the press. I aw 46 includes an arcuate forming and clamping portion 47 which is adapted to engage'lower jaw 44 and a pendent bending portion 49 which, when the upper jaw is lowered, slides against the left face of jaw 44, as viewed in FIGS. 9 and 10, or from the position of FIG. to the position of FIG. 12-.

The die also includes jaws 50 which are pivoted at 52 and are bevelled, as at 54, for engagement with the bevelled surfaces 56 of arms 58 which are also carried by the ram 48 of the press.

The press further includes a limit stop 60 which is movable, by means of handle 62, in the direction of arrow 64, as viewed in FIGS. 9 and 10.

The operation is as follows:

Stop '60 is moved to the right, as viewed in FIG. 9, by moving handle 62 to the position of FIG. 9 and the blank is fed into the die until edge 66 of tab 26 abuts the stop to position the blank relative to the upper jaw 46. Stop 60 is now retracted to the position of FIG. 10 in which it is out of the way of the path of movement of bending portion 49 of the upper jaw. With the blank held down on the lower jaw by hold down hooks, not shown, jaw 46 is moved down to bend tab 26 downwardly to form apron 36.

The downward deflection of aprons 36 produces a bulge at the junction of the ends of the aprons with the ends of the blank. This bulge is eliminated by the pressure applied against this portion of the trough by jaws 50 which are moved from the open position of FIG. 8 to the closed position of FIG. 11 substantially simultaneously with the arrival of jaw 46 at the end of its downward stroke. The composite effect of these opposing bending operations produces a generally rounded contour which centers at the junction of the ends of the blank with flanges 40 and with aprons 36. In other words, the trough will have rounded, instead of squared and sharp, corners and the junction of the body of the trough with flanges 40 and aprons 36 will also be rounded. Any deformation of the contour of the blank which is brought about by the formation of aprons 36 will be eliminated by arcuate portion 47 of upper jaw 46 when said jaw reaches the limit of its downward stroke.

It will be noted that the length of aprons 36 is such that the aprons of each trough engage the vertical edges of end horizontal beams 18 to which they may be suitably secured as at 68in FIG. 3.

From the foregoing, it will be seen that we have pro- 4 duced a roll-receiving trough which is durable, fireproof and snagproof and one which, experience shows, compares favorably in cost with the flat wooden roll-receiving boards and solid sheets of the prior art. It Will also be seen that we have produced a novel method for producing the roll-receiving trough of our invention.

As best shown in FIG. 7, the upper edges of apron 36 are concaved at the same radius as the body portion of the trough between said edges. This facilitates the positioning of a heavy rug on the trough and makes it possible to store rolls which are slightly longer than the troughs without creasing or deforming the ends of a nonthe height of said flanges being substantially equal to the depth of said trough measured along the median line thereof, whereby the trough is supported on its longitudinal edges and along its median line, and aprons depending from the opposite ends of said trough, the upperedges of said aprons being concaved to form anuninterrupted continuation of the concaved body of the trough, the junction of said aprons and of said' flanges with the body portion of the trough being smooth and rounded, and the opposite ends of each of said aprons being bent toward, and covering, the vertical edges of said flanges;

2. The trough defined in claim 1 in which the lower edges of said aprons are below the edges of said vertical flanges.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,663,316 Proctor Mar.'20, 1928 1,688,412 Darby Oct. 23, 1928 2,005,593 Onions June 18,1935 2,095,533 Schmidt -Oct. 12, 1937 2,265,790 Young Dec. 9, 1941 2,374,658 Bales May 1, 1945 

1. A TROUGH FOR RECEIVING AN ELONGATED ROLL, SAID TROUGH INCLUDING AN ELONGATED TRANSVERSELY CONCAVED BODY, THE LONGITUDINAL SIDE EDGES OF SAID BODY BEING STRAIGHT AND COPLANAR, VERTICAL FLANGES DEPENDING FROM SAID SIDE EDGES, THE HEIGHT OF SAID FLANGES BEING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE DEPTH OF SAID TROUGH MEASURED ALONG THE MEDIAN LINE THEREOF, WHEREBY THE TROUGH IS SUPPORTED ON ITS LONGITUDINAL EDGES AND ALONG ITS MEDIAN LINE, AND APRONS DEPENDING FROM THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID TROUGH, THE UPPER EDGES OF SAID APRONS BEING CONCAVED TO FORM AN UNINTERRUPTED CONTINUATION OF THE CONCAVED BODY OF THE TROUGH, THE JUNCTION OF SAID APRONS AND OF SAID FLANGES WITH THE BODY PORTION OF THE TROUGH BEING SMOOTH AND ROUNDED, AND THE OPPOSITE ENDS OF EACH OF SAID APRONS BEING BENT TOWARD, AND COVERING, THE VERTICAL EDGES OF SAID FLANGES. 